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Your daily Palin: Debate response edition
Kate Harding
What people are saying about Thursday night's V.P. debate.
Credit crisis, California-style
Andrew Leonard
Annals of the financial panic of 2008: Schwarzenegger warns Paulson that the state may soon need an emergency $7 billion loan
What’s so wrong about mass hara-kiri?
Andrew Leonard
A reader makes a sharp observation. Plus: Joe Stiglitz doesn't like the bailout
The right’s two-pronged religion of rage and self-pity
Glenn Greenwald
The group with the most power persuades itself that it is weak, oppressed and treated with great unfairness.
How do you solve a problem like Sarah Palin?
Alex Koppelman, Gabriel Winant
The Alaska governor has become a drag on her ticket; strategists who've worked with vice presidents and hopefuls on both sides offer advice on how to relaunch the Palin brand.
“A tourniquet for a hemorrhaging economy”
Andrew Leonard
As the credit squeeze tightens around Main Street, the Senate prepares to vote on its version of the bailout bill.
McCain gets testy
Vincent Rossmeier
In an interview with the Des Moines Register, McCain shows flashes of his famous temper.
Shock: Conservatives preemptively claiming bias
Alex Koppelman
A day before the vice-presidential debate, the right is questioning the objectivity of moderator Gwen Ifill.
The people in urgent need of long-term banishment
Glenn Greenwald
A right-wing Bush follower condemns liberals for exploiting crises "to expand the power of government at the expense of the individual."
Webcaster Settlement Act passes House, poised to pass Senate
Cyrus Farivar
But what does this mean for the future of online radio?
Black bailout Monday
Andrew Leonard
How many days of market carnage will it take before Congress changes its mind?
The Sarah Palin pity party
Rebecca Traister
Everyone seems to be oozing sympathy for the fumbling vice-presidential nominee. Please. Cry me a freaking river.
Bailout was kryptonite for vulnerable House members
Mike Madden
Very few House members in either party who face competitive races to hold onto their seats voted to bail out Wall Street.
Amherst’s class of 2012: 99 percent are on Facebook
Cyrus Farivar
Welcome to the digital-est of the digital natives.
Bailout follows the 10 normal principles for how our government functions
Glenn Greenwald
The transfer of hundreds of billions of dollars to Wall Street is anything but "extraordinary."
Old people Facebook disasters
Michael Martin
Professionals over 30 have joined the networking site in droves, but with great convenience can come great embarrassment.
A strange calm comes over Wall Street
Andrew Leonard
Credit markets loosen up while the Dow demonstrates great fortitude. Time to put on the party hats?
The last days of David Foster Wallace
Robert Ito
The people who knew the brilliant writer best talk about the crippling anxiety and spiraling depression of his torturous final weeks.
What we know (and don’t know) about the bailout deal
Andrew Leonard
Details are scarce, but one thing's for certain. Lenders won't allow Congress to change how bankruptcy law deals with mortgages. And that's an outrage.
Public transit in Lyon makes life so much easier
Cyrus Farivar
Why can't the U.S. get its act together?
Gary Smith’s moment of truth
King Kaufman
The four-time National Magazine Award winner talks about capturing the story of sport's most crucial time, just before the game starts.
Will McCain’s gamble pay off?
Alex Koppelman
John McCain has taken a risk by suspending his campaign to work on a bailout plan, but there's some reason to believe it was a good political move.
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